Jonathan Holcroft's Blog

Human Compass's Cardiff debut opens at St David's Hall on Thursday 16th April for three nights. This award winning play, by Frank McGuinness, first staged in 1992, tells the story of three men, and American, an Irishman and an Englishmen, who all find themselves sharing a cell in the Middle East following their capture at the hands of terrorists. It is frighteningly relevant in today's context and could well have been written only yesterday, and a brave and bold choice by…

Congratulations to the winners of Shudders Script Competition: Emma Pitt "The Ballad of a Haunted Man", Oscar Balding "Octopus", David Parker "Rachel", and Neil Walden "Air-Drawn Dagger". £100 prize for each writer, and Shudders Theatre will begin Research & Development work of these scripts on 13th January.